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NON-FURLING DEVICE FOR BANNERS.

APITLICATION FILED JUNE 12. WW.

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THOMAS W. POWER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

NONFURLLNG DEVICE FOR BANNERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29, 1919.

Application filed June 12, 1919. Serial No. 303,547.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. POWER, a citizen of the Unitedstates, andaresident of Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Non-Furling Devices for Banners, of which thefollowing is a s ecification.

This invention relates to a evice for preventing banners, or flags, frombecoming furled or wrapped about their poles when dis layed in the wind.

ne object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive devicefor accoin plishing the "desired purpose and which may be easily butfirmly attached to a flag without danger of tearing or otherwiseinjuring the same. v

Another object is to rovide means for firmly attaching the device to theflagpole without interfering with the engagement of the latter with itsholder or diminishing the supporting strength of the pole.

The inventionalso contemplates the provision of an automaticallyadjustable Weight adapted to be regulated to accord with the size of theflag, and which will yield to permit said fla to wave gracefully in thebreeze but bring it back to smooth dependin position when the breezedies down.

%)ther objects will appear as the description proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafterdescribed in connection with theaccom )anying drawings, which constitute part oi this specification, andthen more specificall 'defined in the claims at the end of thedescription.

similar reference characters arev used several views V Figure 1 is aside elevation of a flag mounted on its pole, supported from a windowsill, and equipped with a non-furling device made and appliedsubstantially in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view, showlng the operation of the device when theflag waves in the breeze.

Figs. 3 and 4 are detailed ed e and side views of the clamp to beattache to the flag.

Figs. 5 and 6 are similar views of the clamp to be attached to the pole.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein to designate corresponding partsin each of the Fig. 9 is an edge View of a trolley hanger and weightdesigned for use with a larger i1 Figs. 1 and 2, part of a window frameis illustrated at 10, and a common form of flag pole holder 11 is shownattached to the window sill 12. The flag pole 13 may be supported bysaid holder at any desired angle, the osition illustrated beingsubstantially that generally observed. The non-furling device consistsof a clamp 14 to be -secured to the free end of the flag 15, a clamp 16to be secured to the pole 13, a flexible connection or rope 17 to extendloosely between said clamps, substantially as shown, and a trolleysupported weight 18, mounted on said flexible connection so as to runalong the same for permitting the flag to wave gracefully in the breezeas indicated in Fig. 2, and for automatically bringing the flag back tosmoothly depending position when the breeze goes down; the weight beingheavy enough to revent the flag from furling without interfering withits waving.

The clamp 14 comprises a pair of plates 19 and 20 having supplementalcorrugated abutting faces "21, as shown .in Fig. 3. These plates ma bemade of any desired material, refera 1y sheet metal, aluminum or the lie. The plates are clamped together, so as to grip a portion of the freeendof the flag between them, being held together by bolts 22. Each platehas a semitubular projecting portion 23 and 24, re-

spectively, which together form a tube 2-5 when the plates'are clam edtogether. The

ends of sald tube are pre erably flared, as at 26, to facilitate thethreading of the rope 17 through the same.

The clamp 16 comprises a pair of sup lemental straps 27 and 28, whichtoget er form a collar 29, adapted to be clamped around the flag 'polenear the holder 11, by bolts 30. 7

These straps also have sup lemental semitubular portions 31 and 3respectively,

which form a tube 33 when the stra s are connectcd tog'ether as bestshown iil'l *ig'. 5. The ends of the tube 33 are al'scpreferabiy flared,as at 34, to facilitate the threading of the rope through it.

By reason of the construction of the tubes 25 and 33, with the flaredends 26 and 34:, respectively, the ends of the rope 17 may be easilypassed through thenr in either direction, and connected to the clamps 14and 16,, by simply tying knots in the extremities of the rope, as shownat 35 in Figs. 1 and 2.

In order that the rope may not interfere with the waving of the flag, itis loosely hung between the clamps, and toprevent the flag from wrappingaround the pole with the rope, the weight 18 is suspended bye hanger 36,having a sheave 37 to run on said rope. The weight is detachabl yconnected to the hanger by means of a bolt 38, permitting weights ofdifferent sizes to be substi tuted for one another to suit flags ofdifferent sizes. In lieu of changing the Weights. however, one or moreadditional Wei hts, 39, may be attached to the initial weight 18, in anysuitable manner, as by bolts 40 passed through holes- 41 in saidweights. It will thus be seen that by varying the size of the weights,flags of different sizes may be nicely counterbalanced and adjusted topermit the desired waving but avoid the objectionable furlingthereof.

Having thus fu 1y described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A non-furling device for banners comprising a flexible connectionloosely suspended between the free end portion 01 the banner and afixture.

2. A non-furling device for banners comprising a flexible connectionextending between the free end portion of the banner and a fixture, anda Weight on said flexible connection.

3. A non-furli 7 device for banners comprising a flexib e connectionextending loosely between the free end portion of the banner and afixture, and a weightmnunted to automatically travel along said flexibleconnection.

4. A non-turling device for banners, comprising a loosely suspendedflexible connection, a clamp forgrippin the free end portion of thebanner and aving means for securing one end portion of said flexibleconnection thereto, and means for attaching the other end portion ofsaid flexible connection to a fixture.

5. A non-fu'rling device for banners comprising a loosely suspendedflexible connection, a. clamp for grippin the free end portion of thebanner, a tu ular member car ried by said clamp, and through which oneend portion of the flexible connection may be prising a loosely sus')ended flexible connection, a clamp consisting oi a pair of supplemental corrugated plates to grip the free end portion of the bannerbetween them. means i or securing one end portion of the flexibleconnection to said clamp and means for securing the other end portion ofsaid flexible connection to a fixture.

7. A non-furling device for banners comprising a loosely suspendedflexible connection, a clamp consisting of supplemental plates adaptedto grip the free end portion of the banner between'them, said plateshaving semi-tubular projections to form a tube for attaching. one endportion of the flexible connection to the clamp when the plates aresecured together, and means for securing the other end portion of saidflexible connection to a fixture.

8. A non-furling device for banners com prising a loosely suspendedflexible connection, a clamp consisting of supplemental plates adaptedto grip the free end portion of the banner between them, said plateshaving semi-tubular projections to form a tube for attaching one endportion of the flexible connection to the clamp when the plates aresecured together, the ends of said tube being flared for the purposespecified, and means for securing the other end portion of said flexibleconnection to a fixture.

9. A non-furling device for banners comprising a loosely suspendedflexible connection, a clamp consisting of supplemental members to gripa fixture, said members having supplemental semi-tubular projections toform a tube for attaching one end portion of the flexible connectionthereto when the members are secured together, and means for securingtheother end portion of said flexible connection to the banner.

10. The combination With a banner and a pole for supporting the same, ofclamps for gripping said pole and the free end portion of said bannerand a loosel suspended flexible connection extending etween said clamps.

I1. A non-furling device for banners comprising a flexible connectionextending loosely between the free end portion of the banner and afixture, a weight mounted to automatically travel along said flexibleconnection, and means for varying the size of said weight for thepurpose specified.

12. A non-furling device for banners comprising a flexible connection toextend loosely between the free end portion of said banner anda=fixture, a trolley hanger to run on said flexible connection, and aweight do tachably secured to said hanger.

13. A non-furling device for banners comprising a flexible connection toextend loosely between the free end portion of said banner and afixture, a weight suspended 5 from said flexible connection, and meansfor securing additional weights to the initial weight.

14. A non-furling device for banners comprising a flexible connection toextend loosely between the free end portion of said banner and afixture, a trolley hanger to run on said flexible connection, and aweight secured to said han er.

T OMAS W. POWER.

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